Animal Signaling and Function: An Integrative Approach

285 Pages·2015·3.365 MB·English

by  Duncan J. Irschick, Mark Briffa, Jeffrey Podos

ANIMAL SIGNALING
AND FUNCTION

ANIMAL SIGNALING
AND FUNCTION
AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
Editedby
Duncan J. Irschick
DepartmentofBiologyandOrganismicandEvolutionaryBiologyProgram
UniversityofMassachusettsatAmherst
Amherst,MA,USA
Mark Briffa
MarineBiologyandEcologyResearchCentre
PlymouthUniversity
Plymouth,UK
Jeffrey Podos
DepartmentofBiologyandOrganismicandEvolutionaryBiologyProgram
UniversityofMassachusettsatAmherst
Amherst,MA,USA
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Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-470-54600-0(Cloth)
1.Animalcommunication.I.Irschick,DuncanJ.,editor.II.Briffa,Mark.,editor.III.Podos,Jeffrey,
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CONTENTS
Contributors ix
1
INTRODUCTION 1
DuncanJ.Irschick,MarkBriffa,andJeffreyPodos
References 7
2
EARLYLIFE-HISTORYEFFECTS,OXIDATIVESTRESS,AND
THEEVOLUTIONANDEXPRESSIONOFANIMALSIGNALS 11
NickJ.Royle,JosephineM.Orledge,andJonathanD.Blount
Introduction 11
Signaling 12
EarlyLife-HistoryEffectsandResourceAllocationTrade-Offs 13
OxidativeStressasaMediatorofResourceAllocationTrade-Offs 15
SignalsExpressedDuringDevelopment 20
SignalsExpressedDuringAdulthood 25
Competition-DependentSexualSignals 32
Conclusions 34
Acknowledgments 36
References 36
3
APERFORMANCE-BASEDAPPROACHTOSTUDYINGCOSTS
OFRELIABLESIGNALS 47
JerryF.Husak,JustinP.Henningsen,BiekeVanhooydonck,and
DuncanJ.Irschick
Introduction 47
Receiver-IndependentCosts 51
Receiver-DependentCosts 55
CompensatoryTraits 59
Conclusions 63
Acknowledgments 64
References 65
v
vi CONTENTS
4
COGNITIVELYDRIVENCO-OPTIONANDTHEEVOLUTION
OFCOMPLEXSEXUALDISPLAYSINBOWERBIRDS 75
GeraldBorgiaandJasonKeagy
Introduction 75
Cognition,Co-Option,andComplexDisplay 78
DelayedMaleMaturity,Male–MaleCourtship,andDisplayTrait
Acquisition 81
FemaleSignalingtoAffectMaleDisplayIntensity:AnInnovation
thatImprovesCourtshipSuccess 82
MateSearchingandFlexibilityinAdaptiveDecision-Making 83
FemaleUncertaintyandFlexibilityinActiveMateAssessment 84
Long-TermAge-RelatedImprovementinDecorationDisplay:Symmetrical
DecorationDisplaysonOlderMales’Bowers 84
AnticipationofMaleRoutesDuringCourtship:PathsonDisplayCourts
ofSpottedBowerbirds 86
SomeOtherPossibleCognitiveDisplay-RelatedBehaviorsofBowerbirds 87
ConstructionofSuccessiveScenesforFemalesVisitingtheBower 88
CognitiveAspectsofBowerBuilding:Age-RelatedImprovement
inConstructionandNovelTechniquesforMaintainingSymmetry 90
CognitiveFlexibilityandInnovationinDisplay 93
DecorationStealing:AnInnovationforDisplayTraitAcquisition 94
CooperatingwithRelativesforDisplay:AnInnovationtoReduce
SexualCompetition 95
VocalMimicry:LearningandInnovationinUseofCo-OptedDisplays 96
Co-OptionMechanism 98
CognitioninDisplayTraitAcquisition 100
References 101
5
INTEGRATINGFUNCTIONALANDEVOLUTIONARYAPPROACHES
TOTHESTUDYOFCOLOR-BASEDANIMALSIGNALS 111
DarrellJ.KempandGregoryF.Grether
Introduction 111
ColorSignalProductioninMoreDetail 115
Signals,Honesty,andCondition-Dependence 116
ColorationasanHonestAdvertisement 117
TrinidadianGuppies(PoeciliaReticulata) 118
PieridButterflies(SubfamilyColiadinae) 122
Birds 127
Discussion/Conclusion/FutureWork 129
Acknowledgments 131
References 131
CONTENTS vii
6
AGONISTICSIGNALS:INTEGRATINGANALYSISOFFUNCTIONS
ANDMECHANISMS 141
MarkBriffa
AnimalContestsandtheEvolutionofAgonisticSignals 141
EmpiricalApproachestoTestingTheory:“PhysiologicalCosts,”
“Stamina,”and“Performance” 154
EnergyStatusandAgonisticSignals 156
WholeBodyPerformanceandAgonisticSignals 159
Conclusions 164
References 167
7
ACOUSTICSIGNALEVOLUTION:BIOMECHANICS,SIZE,AND
PERFORMANCE 175
JeffreyPodosandS.N.Patek
Introduction 175
Biomechanics 178
BodySize 183
Performance 187
ConcludingRemarks 194
Acknowledgments 195
References 195
8
DISHONESTSIGNALINGDURINGAGGRESSIVEINTERACTIONS:
THEORYANDEMPIRICALEVIDENCE 205
RobbieS.WilsonandMichaelJ.AngillettaJr.
Introduction 205
TheEvolutionofSignaling 206
TheTheoryofDishonesty 208
DishonestSignalinginAggressiveInteractionsBetweenConspecifics 209
Conclusions 223
References 223
9
FUNCTIONALAPPROACHTOCONDITION 229
DustinJ.WilgersandEileenA.Hebets
Introduction 229
PracticalApproachestoCondition 230
ConditionandAnimalPerformance 235
ConditionandMateChoice 239
Summary 241
References 242
Index 253